Nurata Chashma religious complex

Sacred Place

Juma Mosque

Place type
Sacred Place
Elevation
513 m

Field notes

The field account

The religious complex “Chasma” includes the mosque “Djuma”, the spring, the mosque Panjvakta and bathouse "khamom". The round Djuma mosque was constructed above the spring and has 40 columns. The dome, 16 meters in diameter is one of the largest in the Central Asia. The complex was build on the foot of the Nur Fort build by Alexander the Great.

Map margin

Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look